John shibley



(No Mdel.)

BGG CARRIER.

Patented Au @Niro STATES PATENT @Erica JoHN sHIBLEY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

EGG-CARRIER.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 347,835, dated August24, 1886.

Application filed January 1G, 1886. Serial No. 189,351.

v to hold the eggs, and usually made of pasteiro board or other thinmaterial. Heretofore the cells of such egg-carriers have been maderigid, and held rigidlyin the frame or tray that surrounds theiu. rIhisis objectionable, as the walls composing the cells are thus made so firmthat the eggs are liable to be broken from contact with them, and theeggs, being held between unyielding'walls, are subjected to such motionand jar in transportation as is liable to injure the quality of theeggs.

The object of my invention is to overcome this difficulty; and to thisend my invention consists, principally, in constructing the carrier topermit the cells to yield to the weight of the eggs.

Another object is to strengthen the construction of the carrier, whichis accomplished by securing the cells'in the tray by folding the upperedge of the latter over the outer rows ot' cells, thus forming astiffening or strengthening rim about the upper edges of the carrier.

The invention also consists of the special construction of the tray andcells, all as hereinafter described'and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a perspective view of my new and improved egg-carrier. Fig. 2is a sectional elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is a detailedperspective view showing the preferred construction of the cells.

A representsa shallow boX or tray, made by preference of pasteboard, andBB represent a series of cells, of suitable size to hold eggs, locatedwithin the tray A. Between the cells and the tray is a space, C, topermit the cells to yield slightly as the weight of the eggs shifts inthe cells, so the eggs will not break, and so they will not be subjectedto sudden (No model.)

' jar or motion, but will be cushioned, as. it

were, in the cells. In order to form the spaces C, I form the tray Awith its side walls, a, inclined inward and the cells with Verticalwalls. The cells are formed ofthe parallel strips b b b2 and, theopposite strips,c c c2, oppositely slotted, as shown at d d', to belocked together at right angles to each other. rIhe whole are held inplace in the tray A by the tongues e, formed at the upper edges of thewalls a of the tray A, being folded over and secured to the upper edgesof the outer strips, b b'Z and e e2, composing the cells. In this mannerthe cells are held in the tray only at their upper edges, as the loweredges of the walls composing them are not attached to the bottom of thetray, but are free to move in either direction, which the spaces Gpermit. The walls b b`l and e e in this manner, being bound at theirupper edges and free at their lower edges, and unsupported at theirouter surfaces, ac t as cushions or springs to all the eggs place..L l..the cells, so they will be reliev ed from all sudden j ar and danger ofbeing broken with ordinary handling. The walls a being inclined inwardforni a very firm and strong tray, and the tongues e, being madeintegral with the side walls and folded over the outer strips of thecells, form a kind of lrim at the top ofthe carrier, which greatlyincreases its rigidity and durability. The ends of the strips oropposite partitions, b c, composing the cells, at their ends where theyreach beyond the outer walls, bl c c2, are folded flat against the saidwalls and pasted down, asshown in Fig. 3, so that all of the stripscomposing the cells are thus united, and the outer walls act to cushionall the eggs in the carrier.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In an egg-carrier, the cells B B, havingyielding side walls, in combination with the tray A, constructed to forma space, C, about the cells, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The tray gA, having inwardly-inclined side walls, a, in combinationwith a series of cells, B, formed in the tray, substantially as IOO 3.The tray A, formed with tongues e, in with the strips forming thc cellsplaced verconlbination with the cells B, the tongues botically 'in thetray and held by bhetongues e, ing folded over the outer stripscomposing the substantially as described.

cells, substantillyas and for t-he purposes seb JOHN SHIBLEY. 5 forth. vTitncssesz 4. The tray A, made with inclined side Walls H. A. WEST, andformed with tongues e, in combination A C. SEDGWICK.

